Orangetown Named 1 Of The Safest Small Cities In America

PEARL RIVER, NY — Orangetown was named one of the safest small communities in America by personal finance website MoneyGeek.

According to MoneyGeek, researchers started by using research from the National Institutes of Health to quantify the costs of crimes by type. They then applied that analysis to 989 small communities across the country — those with 30,000 to 100,000 residents — to find which were the safest. Orangetown, with a population of 37,371, ranked 74 across the nation.

According to MoneyGeek, the cost of crime in Orangetown is $144 per capita. The median cost of crime per capita for small cities is $500.

The safest small town in America according to MoneyGeek's study is Franklin, Massachusetts, which has a per capita crime cost of just $12. The safest "city" in New York is Carmel, which has a per capita cost of $40 and is ranked third nationally. It's followed by Yorktown, with a cost of $54, and a national ranking of 5.

You can see MoneyGeek's full list of towns by clicking here.